Feature stories
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Going where the money is made
KidsPost visits the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, which has been creating the paper money that you spend since 1862.
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Back-to-school cool
From lunch boxes to locker decorations, our guide features the must-have supplies for a great new school year. It’s the extra-cool part of going back to school.
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Make blossoms from bottles
This fun-and-easy craft project can turn a plastic bottle into a natural beauty.
Games & Puzzles
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Summer fun
Ready to roll?
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The Score by Fred Bowen
School is best track to stardom
Women were big winners at the Olympic Games and they’re winning in school.
Olympics recap: Gold medals and yellow shoes
The Summer Olympics are worth watching, whether your favorites win or lose their competitions.
Great players must be team players
There’s a lot of hard work to be done before Robert Griffin III can be a star on the field.
Homework helpers
Energy crunch forms basis of novel
Dewey and his sister have to deal with problems created by an in-the-news situation.
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- School prank teaches girl a lesson
- How to join the summer book club
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Summer of KidsPost
Take your favorite section with you on vacation, take a picture and send it to us! We’ll publish photos throughout the summer.
- National Zoo cheetahs on display
- Baby crocs surprise, delight at zoo
- Tiger cubs get puppy love
- Two male lions leaving National Zoo
- Toys, apps to make time fly
- ‘Hunger Games’ puts archery in the bull’s-eye
- KidsPost readers honor blossoms
- All together now: Say “awwww!”
- Beyonce, the tiny puppy
- Where stuff becomes art